When humpback whales shift their distribution and behaviour, it can lead to unexpected human encounters and new challenges.
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It’s time to listen to warnings from the people of the Pacific.
More than 450 long-finned pilot whales are stranded in Tasmania. Saving them is a race against time.
Whale breaches and tail slaps look great from a distance. But they can pose a threat if you want to get up close and swim with these giants of the ocean.
How we worked out when whales first evolved asymmetrical skulls.
Wild dolphins are fast, smart and hard to study, but it is important to understand how human actions affect their health. So we are building a drone to sample hormones from the blowholes of dolphins.
Some species, including blue whales, spend little time at the surface. So despite their overwhelming size, they can be hard to find and tough to study.
Icelandic whalers have killed more than 1,700 whales since a global ban was adopted in 1986 – up to 2019, when no hunts took place. Is Iceland quietly getting out of the business?
The long tusk of the male narwhal earned these whales their fanciful nickname. But there’s more to these Arctic mammals than their unique spiral tooth.
New research is uncovering that whales have their own distinct microbiomes that may play important roles in animal health. But how do scientists study whale microbiomes?
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don’t they get even bigger?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a floating accumulation of rubbish the size of a continent, has whales and dolphins in its heart.
Do animals have their own culture? A researcher studying the culture of whales argues that they do. She says understanding that may be one way to save them from extinction.
These small shrimp-like creatures are more than just whale food.
Dead whales usually sink, so most evidence of ‘ship strikes’ quickly disappears beneath the waves.
Scientists have used drones and 3D modelling to work out the weight of Earth’s largest mammals without killing them.
The Trump administration is changing implementation of the Endangered Species Act in ways that conservationists say would reduce protection for some of America’s most threatened wildlife.
As the field of animal law continues growing, so does public awareness of the problems with inconsistent ways that Canadian law protects some animals, while leaving others behind.
Japan’s exit from the IWC should spur on more global cooperation on environmental issues, not less.
North Atlantic right whales are headed toward a traumatic extinction, but could rebound if humans can get out of their way.
Top contributors
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
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Adjunct Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Curator Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Reader in Biology, University of St Andrews
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Professor Evolution & Ecology, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct Research Associate, Monash University
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Antarctic Law Researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
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Honorary Professor at Bangor University; Director of Sea Watch Foundation, Bangor University
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Professor of Ocean Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz
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PhD student, Monash University
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Macquarie University
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Senior Curator, Vertebrate Palaeontology, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Murdoch University
